Definition

1. Noun:
   • A long, green vegetable: A cucumber is a cylindrical, green fruit with a thin green rind and crisp, watery white flesh, typically eaten raw in salads or pickled.
   • The plant that produces this fruit: A cucumber is also the name for the creeping vine (genus Cucumis) that is cultivated to produce this vegetable.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Vegetable):
  • She added slices of fresh cucumber to the salad.
  • I enjoy a glass of water with cucumber and mint.
• Noun (Plant):
  • The cucumber is growing well in the garden this year.
  • We need to water the cucumbers regularly.

Advanced Usage

• "As cool as a cucumber" (Idiom): To be very calm, relaxed, and not emotional or anxious, especially in a difficult situation.
  • Even during the crisis, the manager was as cool as a cucumber.

Variants and Related Words

• Gherkin (n): A small variety of cucumber, often used specifically for pickling.
  • The burger came with pickled gherkins.
• Cucumber vine (n): Another term for the cucumber plant.

Synonyms

• Gherkin (for the small, pickled type).
• Cuke (n, informal): A casual, shortened form of "cucumber."

Related Phrases

(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs.)

Related Idioms

• As cool as a cucumber: Extremely calm and composed.
  • She gave her presentation as cool as a cucumber.

Noun

1. cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
2. a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit